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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-10-26
Proportion OF Deaths by Lightnir- =.

The yearly average number of deaths
from lightning in England is twenty
three, or four and four-tcnths per lO0,-
600 deaths. AS a general rule it seems
that unless persons are killed on the
spot by lightning they owe a per-
son struck by Lightning is more or less
stunned, and deprived Of consciousness
for a time, often, no doubt, ny mere
fright in which case the effect il tran
silent; but sometimes in consequence of
a shock given TO the brain, in which
case there is q certain amount Of paral-
ysis Of motion and sensation. The APP
pearances after death Of bodies which
have been struck by lightning vary OK
tremely. Sometimes they retain the
position which they occupied when
struck: while in other cases they may
be dashed to a considerable distance.
Their clothes are often burnt or torn,
and have a peculiar singcd smell.
Metallic substances about the body pre-.
sent signs Of fusion, while such as are
composed of steel become magnetic.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-10-26

Cuba, are increasing. The village of
RouQue has also been inundated, and hun-
dgeds of persons have been rendered home
less. Numerous springs have appeared
and have formed several lakes, which are
gradually uniting.
The case before the United States Su.
pTeue Court involving the cOuStiiuliOn2ll.y
cfthe Kansas prohibition law was submitted
without oral argument AucGod j. icing
made to remedy this vc- KIT OF counsel,
and have the cause lily arsued in full
on some future day,
The Kent House at ChaUtauqus, which
hal 500 guests last Summe! took tge Dion.
day from the explosion of a ,amp IN the
laundry at 30 c'c.Jck \. VI. IIe scr
wants had barely :.a4e 20 escape. Tic hotel
burnc' down. Loss, $l25, 600: insurance,
$40. 90. The fire spread and damaged six
or eight cottages.
AT the Dublin Town Fair yesterday
thousands OF cattle and sheep were offered
for sale ~ I!inOus figures, but despite the
exceedingly low figures there were no pur-
Chase:s Large CraZcrs declare that They
cannot continue business any longer and
must ;aac advantage of the bankrupi law.
y. disastrous wreck occurred on the Bvr-
lioc,ov and Missouri Road. about tour
miles from Lincoln. NcD.. early YESTERDAY
morning, two freigh. trains cc.iiding while
going at full speed. The wreck took fire,
anG both engines and seventeen lOadet cars
were buried. one brakeman was killed
Mrs. Annie Lschs. tie women who threw
a hot pancake into the lap Of Ms Cleve-
land on the day the Presidential party were
at the st Louis Fair rrouuds in tina, city.
was fined $50 in the police court. The
woman dizclaimed any l~;,ry,pect for Mrs.
Cleveland. and sid she thew Tie cake IL
a ,piri, Il fun, but the testimony was
agains: hI-.
In tie United States Supreme C1us, YES.
tculay Chief Justice Waite announced ihu'
arEuU:n, upon the questions raised by tac
ha6sHs o,rpYs cases of Attorney Co .ga.
-Ayres AMI other imprisoned State OH rs.
Of Virginia will be set down for the second
Monday in November. and tina; mean While
the prisoners Will bc sc; at liberty or their
own rccoEuiz1Dccs, in the sur q s, 900
each, 10 answer the summons Of the COUr,
when the!g presence shall be required.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-10-26
Coal-Min" rs' Wages.

The Pennsylvania miner has no cot.
tagc or garden, unless he lives n long
distance from his work. His home is
usually in a cncaply built wooden
house, n OF q long row just alike,
with outside implanted and inside I'M
finished, mo cellar, no door-yard, no
shade trees about them. Most OF these
houses lave but two rooms. n up
stars and n down, the lower serving
!or Kitchen and sitting-room and, some
times, when the family is large, for bed
room as well. He lives in a
house on company land and pays rent
for ihc same at varying rates, 81 10 50
per month. His rem is always taken
from his wages before he is paid. He
must also, as a rule, pay for the coal Ito
burns in his house, in some localities as
hlgh as $40 per ton. lie works in
darkness. In the summer he goe1 into
the mino just as the sun is rising and
comes out just as it is setting. In
winter he rarely sees daylight at all.
1t is often so wet in the gallery that his
clothes arc soaked from morning till
night. Sometimes the vein is only
three or four feet thick. and ho must
work in n sit,.ng or reclining position.
DE is exposed 10 constant danger from
falling rock, fire damp, explosions, or
of being buried alive. Ills work is
hard, it is dangerous. it requires skill,
and ought TO be well paid. In fact,
however, it is very poorly paid. Tho
average OF miners wages is not greater
than those OF the ordinary day laborer
in Massachusetts. Miners who work on
contract-that is, who ARE paid by tho
ton of coal mined-in tho anthracite
mines, earned, in 1881, on an average,
1884 per week; those vino worked by
the day, 81 per week; in the bituminous
mines, $40 per week. Out Of these
Scanty% earnings he must buy his own
tools and pay for keeping them in re-
pair, ana must also buy tile oil and the
wicS8 for his lamps and the powder or
other explosives he uscs.-George n.
Dc"nSo". IN Work and Wages, Holyoke,
AIQS3.
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IndoIcncc and Industry.

Clouds Ct smoke be,ched from a
"rare,.hcap on Fifth avenue, opposite
DclmOn.co's. :. furious fire was roar
ing IN a section Of iron tubing under the
heap, which i: was heating to q proper
degree OF ca.ovic TO be OF use 10 the
s'rcct-pavlng men. Around the glow
inS mound gathered as squalid and
miserable q group rs ever campcd BY
the roadside over in Jersey. Swaddled
II rags and shuddcrinCin the cold wind
they cracked their cold knucklcs over
the hot pile, and two or three gnawcd
FRAGMENTS OF food like hungry wolves.
With ,hc smoke biilowing UP in
whirl.ag clouds Of dun and black COM
mingled, the piles of Belgian blocks,
the smoking pitch boilers. the carts
and wagons OF the contractors. and tho
uN.1 pNvN dripping in the November
G~rIzz.c, the picture was one that no
artist could have passed by unnoticcd.
But II is not the tramps alone who find
comfort in the contractors fires. When
.rEmca knock OF for dinner thoy
% nor about them in picturesque
groups.
Ii you want to note the contrast be-
tween absolute and hopeless uselessness
80 t.'r'' - . '''''sN4t NOh al w / VIII
= " aucc AZ these coniraStcd groups Of
t..a men who work and earn their bread
and those vino do not. The laborers
WOW their squalid neighbors with
small favor. Tho sight OF these hulking
idIcrs with their hands in their pockets,
looNiug sullenly al better men earning
their honest living is not calculated to
make the better men g~ood-tempered.
| A > ~ ~ sha,,N 500, e. sINNl la-.. -.
it's no crime to be III of work in this
town. But to be willing to be out OF
work, like those ~vagabonds, is enough
20 MAKE any decent man tired. Tha,
big fellow there vas offered q Job to
handle dirt this morning. What dc
you think he told the boss? That he
was not a ditch-digger. But for three
days he has hung about here and has
not been too proud to pick up the
scraps we throw away."-Cor Neu
York kcmS.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-10-26

lie Diners Radically with Sir. OSerIys Civil
Service Reform Views.

Civil Service Commissioner Edgertou.
V 10 has returned to Washington, was asked
b, q reporter If his views agreed with those
Ci Commissjoner Oberly, as expressed in
his recent letter to the Illinois Democratic
Association. He replied:
They certainly do not. / do not Ike.
l!eve IL extreme o. strained constructions
Of the civil service law. These State or.
CARNATIONS have as much right TO exist as
Hey ever had. There is nothing in tie
law to prohibit it. y man is not deprived
OF tie privileges of citizenship because be
holds public office, and ] think the idea
that q mau should abandon his residence In
a State or his citizenship when he takes
Office in Washington is pJeposterous. The
legislative power Is above Us all, and il the
law is to be applied so as TO deprive men of
their rights As citizens tie danger is that q
demand will be made upon he legislative
power to wipe it u There is no neces.
>ity Tor anything Of the sort. The law is
all right, and il only needs 10 DO construed
In accordance with common sense and
practical experience.
NO, Sir; | do not agree with Commits.
sioner Ooe;ly aud | 10 not see how he is
going 10 TecCn.i.e his present views with
those expressed in the Soeterger report
s.El.t by Commissioners Oberly and Ly.
Iran. In that report they said OF Mr.
Webster, the dismissed clerk:
strong political views Webster had q
right 10 entertain. aud during the time he
he'd Il public place it was his right to give,
at proper times strong expression TO those
views. The opinion is nOt TO be tolerated
Tia. because a man occupies a place in tho
classified civil service he must therefore
surrender his right TO take an interest in
the politics Of the country. No good citi.
zen VII do 50. anu no degree OF activity
N cIurt 10 advance the interest Of the
.si.ty opposed 10 the administration should.
provided his plttislu activity in no way
!u,yFicrcS with his public duties, render in.
secure in the service OF the government the
20 !tton OF any person who does not oc
cuiy a place the discharge of the duties OF
which affects public politics.
Nov sir, if it is right and commend,
abe IN Mr.. Webster. II Republican, to en-
%,cttain political views in opposition TO the
administration and at proper times to Civ,
strong expressions 10 those views, why is /
dcutcd 10 Democrats to entertain views il
support OF the administration and at prope,
Times % give strong expression to them
~, sir; their position is untcuablc and
take issue with it,
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-10-26
a Mans Yearly Food.

From tho army and navy diet scales
of France aud England. based upon the
recognized necessities of large numbers
of men in active life. it is Inferred that
about two and one-fourth pounds avoir-
dupois of dry food per day are required
for each individual; of this about three
fourths are vegetable and the rest ami
nal. AT the close OF an entire year the
amount is upwards of 800 pounds.
Enumerating under the title Of water
all the various drinks, its estimated
quantity is about 1900 pounds per an.
mum. Tie air received by brcnihinp
may be taken at 800 pounds. VIII
these figures before us wo arc able To-
show how the case stands. The food.
water. end mir which q receives
amount. in tho aggregate, - moro than
5000 pounds u ycar-about q ton and a
half, or twenty times his weight
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-10-26
The AIRLINE Collision.

The Greenville correspondent OF inc
Netrs and Courier gives the following &c
count of the collision on the AR Line rail-
road Thursday:
When the passenger train reached here
this morning orders were landed 10 I"h'
ductor Marshall and Engineer wan To- run
four hours and twenty minutes late. rms
gave the train the right Of way on that
schedule, and after signing up orders n
taking copies, the train pulled out Tor its
nortlward run, making about thirty niies
an hour. Orders for No. 81 had been given
to all trains on the line, ana wien inc
special freight train reached Grccrs EnSin'
eer Harris aud Conductor Rnvcll were in
possession of them. Had they side tracked
at Greer's all would have been well, hut
they did pot do so. IL was only four miles
to Taylor's Station, and they caicuIatcI
tha. with the delayed schedule they could
make that point before the passenger tram;
The calculation was n fraction wrong, ana
ten minutes after the freight train had lett
the station the collision occurred.
The freight was running on Il steep down
grade and the passenger had Just rounded
n lougCuivc when, like a meeting of mighty
| monsters in combat, the two giant lOComO-
tiycs crashed together. They carccncd
| with the shock and fell back, the passenger
engine turning completely around huu inc
| engine of the freight careening to one side;
Back o! the passenger engine was the postal
car, and newt To- il tic express car. Here
| came the full force Of tie collision. The
| cXmc.s car climbed through and half way
Over tie mail car, making the two almcs'
as one and scarcely distingnishablc. Tho
baggage car, which came next, was
wrecked, but not ielcscopcd. With TIL
the shock spent itself, and back in the Pull
man sleep. at the rear of the train, 1t was
scarcely tot.
Three cf the forward cars Of the freight
were wrecked, and, catching fire, were
burned.
The express car took fire. but the flame
were promptly cXtinguishcd.
The casualties induced .wO killed ant
ten injured. OF the injured, Fireman
Webster has since died, and two others arc
known to he fatally injured.
There appears no doubt that the acciden
was due to the clTclcssncsS Of the engineer
and conductor of the freight train. They
both disappeared Immediately afterwards
and have not been seen since. The wrccl
has caused great excitement, and public
opinion is rapidly crystaliizing in a dcmanC
for the punishment of the guilty parties.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-10-26
She Loved McPherson,

Regularly once a month, says q
Washington letter, the figure Of n wom-
an, closely yelled, is seen in Mcpherson
square, usually about twilight She il
of good figure and quite prepossessing.
She will sit on one Of the park settecs
for n lew moments, while her gaze is
riveted upon the magnificent equestrian
statue of the deceased general. Twen-
ty-six years ago Miss Emily Hoffman,
one of the richest bellies of Baltimore,
while visiting u west met and fell in
love with Gen. Mcpherson. and they
became afianced. The general was en-
gagged in the war and could not spare
time for the wedding. besides the we'll
known southern sympathics of the
Hoffmans proved another cause OF the
postponement Of the wedding. The
dark days of strife continued, and the
general fell in battle with the miniature
Of his sweetheart pressed to his breast.
The lady never recovered from the
shock, and regularly visits the statue of
her hero.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-10-26
TEXAS TRAIN Robbers.
How Express Messenger y. Ernest smith
Killed Two Daring Tbietcs.

Killed Two Daring Thle'es.
Ell PAso. Oct. 16.-The meagre reports
sent from here on Friday Eega:ciog the
attempted train robbery gave out q fraction
of the tale. 1t was q great yic,Gfy t.g!i Il
robbcr should he killed, but what was the
astonishmcnt Of the public here chen the
dead body Of another rob0cr Was brought
in Yesterday. The Galveston, Harrisburg
and san Antonio express. which should
have started East on Friday at - t. NJ,
was delayed until : 30 While waiting Tor
the Southern Pacific train from the Ncs'.
Engineer LChre. says that when lis train
had gone about q mile Two men wearing
cloth masks came over the lender With q
revolver in each hand. The engineer tried
to stop the train. but the men OEdeTe4 him
10 run ON 10 q curve and stop quick. When
he reached the curve he supposed thcy
meant five miles from the city. they or.
dered him and his fireman 10 get of the
engine and togS them back to the express
car. The robbers in lie meantime we've
firing of their reviewers and shouting aud
Cursing.
Reaching til. express car, one Of them
threw dynamite against the front door OF
u side Of tie C.r. The explosion Knocked
a large hole ia tue doc and oIUke u the
glass in the other Cyo',. The robbers
called to the expires n >>cug-g q. come
out. The messenger was E-Des. Smith.
and with lin vas X = cy. c.cIk
in the Wells Fargo o.. ..'N yIta.
When they heard the ~. ou,
the lights and Wen, l. , .-- ca.
At the command II III eE .r
out, Smith leaving AI -s..-
the door. The rODOc -... 4-.
BcarGsley to LO.. UP o. 40 -.-
searched them. SA. -.-..4
TO 90 back into tic ca. l-
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One Lived. the Other Died.

\ wuIua formerly u slave is now
our cook. About eighteen months e
she became sickly and had n cough and
was contiacd to bed, and it was thought
that slc Ind consumption. The treat
ment 10y physicians failed to give relief.
In December, 1854, a node or knot the
size OF n goose egg formed Just above
the pit OF tho stomach, which, when
lanccd, discharged matter for eight or
nine months. One OF these also formed
under her arm, and three on her back,
which discharged matter for u consider
able time. For six months Of this time
she confined to the house, and most of
the time i'll bed. The stomach often re.
fused food, by rejecting what she had
eaten. She used II great deal of medi-
cine, bnt failed to be cured. l bought
one bottle Of your Is. b. b. (made in
Atlanta, Ca and gave it to her and she
commenced 10 improve. l then bought
and gave her three bottles more, and she
continued to improve, and in two
months time her cough had ceased, her
constitution strengthened, appetite and
digestion good, all discharges ceased,
nodes or knots disappeared and she went
TO work apparently healthy and fattened
up greatly.
This woman had a married sister Of
near tie san @ age who was affected in
precisely The same way and about the
same tune. The had nodes or knots on
pit Of yer stomach, back, etc. She did
not take any Is. Is Is. and the node OF
her stomach ate through to the cavity.
She continued on the decline and wasted
away, and finally died.
These were two terrible cases of blood
poisOn-one used Il. Is. B. and was
speedily cured-the other did not use il
and died. 1t is most assuredly q most
wonderful blood purifier. L refer to
merchants of this town. Yours truly.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-10-26

The corn crop is placed at about three.
fourlhs Of a full crop BY the Agricultural
Department report for October, or at
1900. OoO, 0CO bushels. This is about a
sixth better than was feared earlier or than
recent private estimates. The crop rs 1t
stands. however, is the smallest in ten
years, hu' one, in 1881, when it was only
| 100, 900, and the present yield is larger
chiefly because Of the large crop at the
south. $50, COO, 600 bushels larger than two
years ago. The South will produce nearly
a third OF tn present crop, or nearly
enough for It's " consumption, while in
past years of large yield the Southern States
have supplied a bare sixth Of the total.
The great com States, Indiana, Illinois,
Iowa and Kansas, have scarcely half a
crop, and in Missouri the yield is not large.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-10-26
Rlag0, and lun0s.

II you feel duh, d"owsy, dcbilitatcd, havo
on face or body, frequent headache or dizxi-
ncss. bad taste in mouth, internal heat or
chilIs. alternating with hot Pushes, low spirito
and gloomy iorrhodings, irregular appetite,
and coated, tongue, YOU ere suffering from
Lndigcrtlon, Nsncpsd snd FORBID
cases only part OF these symptoms are expe-
ricncci. IA n remedy for all such casoe,
mr.. X,icrCC's Golden Medical Dis
cOyery is unsurpassed.
For. y.cnis Lungs, Splitting of
Blood, %hortncs. OF Brcnth,, Bron:
Chjtis, Asth MA, Scycrc Coughs, and
kindred affections, it ia an efficient remedy.
SOLD ny DRUGGISTS, ct Sl.OO, or SIX
ROETLES for $500.
send ten cents in stamps for DR.. Pierce's
book on Consumption. Address,
WorIa's Dispcnsary MEDICAL Assoc.
citation. C63 Main street, BUFFALO, n. Y.
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BRIC-t-BR AC.


~, ,,:,. mnt' M. M 49,,
H~.,C~I.,rn5 ,imss I 80 I"ar, Iog ioo,
y ,;',..i..! ,'.Ies Ae' nt''i pa Gee"
.Ani in liz bottom, n.iartcd Xix,
AG,agon grcc's her with a Grin.
The handle is a mau,kin,
WHO spies the foes that chip or chi.k
Her china cup.
Muse, tell me ii it he q sin;
wN,ci. her lif, it past her chin
Up 70 the scarlet lips and drink
he polong draught. somehow think
Ia i'Ne 10 nc me dragon IN
Tier china cap.
4 lazy man is always equal to the excr-
ton OF eating.
WIN is = book like a kim Because !.
has a crest many pages.
Ios;,r ,Lo thread Of NO. .,r,is f.,.I, 10
the sninninr ~ n sao.rarn ''' " =" ~
The bomo s,rctch.Tixinc y y ..ory 10
tell your wife at / A. NJ.
inc man Who Is always getting mad is
SH'u ~ ""Nc Plcn's Oh ''rr'g".
Castles in Spain have been decided I he
personal property and not real estate.
This country is over Il hundred 5. =
old, and its constitution is as go1c u. ever
The shooting season committees when
people begin to make game u. tic white
hat.
Why does a wedding ceremony never
pass oil smoothly! Because it iUvolr. q
hitch.
4 fashionable and much ,r,rmcl cos.
tune IS described as being "stUU and non
sense
Fowls have cizzards to Grind Their food
, -lcGC. Whole Grain fed occusin,..- is l..
the line of nature.
Scientists say that The st.turc cs the
imman ace is incrcasiug the rate of one
inch in Il thousand years.
Joshua st3prcd the sun. but II would
have puzzled him TO STOP a bob.tailcd stree,
car after it had passed him a ,ol.
What is ,,c iircrcrcn Lc,o..op an onc.
ZION and sea. sickness: One il a sale of
effects, the other is the effects Of d sail.
..Wai,inrr i ,bc .,~pmnIirrli.gg ~
nrppr,ss aud reform Do;n1 / ,lc l,v,r
thar moves the world.
4 lcaI}ini-t has nvcn,c5 tho v,crI
"rlC ri>r '-nnc vLnnIonc TLc 100, Li,iis,
.ho,ld callr,on ,hot ,r.i,i.,
KCssuth is nv his hot and
CARL adj for his red flannel shirt and vel
it is s.il clothes do 40, make The mar.
C,-orr.,,,s ,,,l, i,,i,..,
for Instance. when a member Of AN orchcs.
ira as a horn too many.
To ,ho mocbin. in y.tich ,.,, dr,, ,urr
nickc, nj rc, vrIi@hoG ,Enrc i. 70 ~ or 3S,ini
a siniIir apparatus by which a lady can
perfume her handkerchief.
Fancy b,ir-nirs cor,i,ro D., ho uro
and nrr ~fasLinraLle IN omL.r or nroc;n"5
stones. Rhine stones make an effective
setting.
II NAV me small I'm, I'm o ronyor .,is
tho bo,ri hnIl'hnv as NE wcnt ~ r,nnT.
awakening patrons who had left orders to
be called early.
1t ia said that a plant Is found in Madras
that destroys the relish for tobacco and
cigars. ne same plnht IS iouhd IN Con
hccllcu', "nc'c ~ Is caiie" 'he caooaEc'
advice says a philosopher, should
come to us like a gentle fall of snow.
Very true; but we usually receive it as If it
were Il shower bath.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-10-26

a convention Of representatives Of The
agricultural colleges and experiment sta,
tions Of several States IS now in session in
Washington. The call for the convention
was made by President George w. Athcr.
ton, oF the State College of Pennsylvania.
for the purpose Of atrording opportunity
for full consultation ms 10 the best methods
Of fultlling the requirements Of the Hatch
bill passed at the last session OF Congress.
and for the discussion Of such practical
questions as the establishment Of agricul
lMrNl oNp.I.meNt sllllNMs, ~.
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CURES ALI. ExUSIORs,

from a common BlOtch, or Ernption,
70 tho worst scr3fuia. salt rheuni,
SKIN, in short, al diseases caused by bao
blood are CONQUERED by this powerful puri-
Emfing ulcers rapidly heal under its be-
nign influence. Especially has 1t manifested
its potency in curing letter, Rose Rash
Nous sores and SwcIlings, Hip1
ioimt Diseaso, White SWeIIinga,
GLANDS. Send ten cents in stamps for a
large treatise, with colorcd plates, On. Skin
DjseasCs, or the same amount for q treatise
on S~crOfulous Affections.
"1TEIE BLOOD rs TEHE AIFE.o
Thoroughly cleanse II by using DIR. Picreo'y
Golden Mcdical and GOOD
ifa, md Vital HtremRth, will be estahlishrd
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-10-26
Krnpp's Lille Bill Against Turkey.

LONDON, October 1S.-The prolonged
visit of Herr Krupp to Prince Bismarck at
FEeidrichsruh, 1t was learned today, was
to induce the Chancellor TO assist him in
collecting a bill of $5, 600, 900 which the
house Of Krupp has held against the Turk
ish government for ordinance furnished at
various times TO Turkey. 1t is understood
that Herr Krupp received a promise that
everything would be done toward inducing
the Sultan's government to liquidate its in
d~ebtedness.
There are signs Of a cessation OF the vel
low fever epidemic in Florida.